Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman, who was elected president of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), will return home from the US on Thursday.
BNP Media Cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan told UNB on Tuesday that the foreign minister, along with Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir, who travelled to New York to participate in the UNGA presidency election, will arrive in Dhaka in the morning.
Khalilur Rahman will serve as president of the UNGA for one year, he said.
He was elected president of the 81st session of the UNGA after defeating Cyprus in the election held at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
In the ballot, 190 votes were cast, with Bangladesh receiving 99 and Cyprus 91.